Daily Archive: March 18, 2017

“A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.”

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“Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.”

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“Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.”

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“Star Wars” is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It’s what they want.”

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“Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.”

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“When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.”

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“Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.”

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“You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.”

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“Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.”

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“Luke, there is no try, there is either do or not do.”

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“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

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“In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.”

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“You sort of see these recurring themes where a democracy turns itself into a dictatorship, and it always seems to happen kind of in the same way, with the same kinds of issues, and threats from the outside, needing more control. A democratic body, a senate, not being able to function properly because everybody’s squabbling, there’s corruption.”

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“Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.”

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“Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!”

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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

“Yoda: Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless.”

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“[Luke has seen a vision of Han, Leia and Chewie being tortured in Cloud City] Luke: I saw – I saw a city in the clouds. Yoda: [nods] Friends you have there. Luke: They were in pain… Yoda: It is the future you see. Luke: The future? [pause] Luke: Will they die? Yoda: [closes his eyes for a moment] Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future. Luke: I’ve got to go to them. Yoda: Decide you must, how to serve them best. If you leave now, help them you could; but you would destroy all for which they have fought, and suffered.”

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“C-3PO: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1. Han Solo: Never tell me the odds. “

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“[Luke can’t levitate his X-Wing out of the bog]

Luke: I can’t. It’s too big. Yoda: Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.”

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“Yoda: I am wondering, why are you here? Luke: I’m looking for someone. Yoda: Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm? Luke: Right… Yoda: Help you I can. Yes, mmmm. Luke: I don’t think so. I’m looking for a great warrior. Yoda: Ohhh. Great warrior. [laughs and shakes his head] Yoda: Wars not make one great.”

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“Luke: All right, I’ll give it a try. Yoda: No. Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try.

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“[Using the Force, Yoda effortlessly frees the X-Wing from the bog] Luke: I don’t, I don’t believe it. Yoda: That is why you fail.”

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“Yoda: Yes, run! Yes, a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan’s apprentice. Luke: Vader… Is the dark side stronger? Yoda: No, no, no. Quicker, easier, more seductive. Luke: But how am I to know the good side from the bad? Yoda: You will know… when you are calm, at peace, passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, NEVER for attack. Luke: But tell my why I can’t… Yoda: No, no! There is no “why””

“Luke: There’s something not right here… I feel cold. Death. Yoda: [points to a cave opening beneath a large tree] That place… is strong with the dark side of the Force. A domain of evil it is. In you must go. Luke: What’s in there? Yoda: Only what you take with you.”